Chapter 1,070 Scholes Retires

After winning the Champions League, Manchester United held a three-day parade and celebration, and then head coach Ferguson gave the players a holiday, allowing the players who had worked hard for a season to go home for a holiday. The holiday lasted until early July.

Although the season is over, the news about Manchester United has not diminished. The day after the celebration, Manchester United midfielder Scholes announced his retirement through the club's official website: "It is not easy to make this decision, but again After winning the Triple Crown once and surpassing Liverpool, I feel it is time to end my playing career. I am already 37 years old and I hope to spend more time with my family. I don’t talk much. What I want to say is , playing football is the love of my life. I feel honored to have such a long and successful career at Manchester United. I would like to thank the fans who have supported me enthusiastically throughout my career. I also want to thank the fans who have worked with me. All the coaches and players I have ever had, but most of all I want to thank Sir Alex. His door has always been open for me from the first day I joined Manchester United. Manchester United is now a strong team and I know this team will Many championships continued to be won under his coaching.”

Scholes's departure was not sudden. When Neville announced his retirement, Scholes expressed the idea of ​​retiring. However, neither he nor Ferguson were worried about Gao Xiaodong controlling Manchester United's midfield, so they chose Gao Xiaodong is now performing very well at Manchester United. Even without the help of Scholes, Gao Xiaodong can organize the offense and defense in order, so Scholes announced his retirement.

Van der Sar had just left, and Manchester United immediately lost Scholes. This made Manchester United fans very sad and worried. They were worried that Ryan Giggs, the last player in the Class of 92, would also retire, so Manchester United fans launched an online campaign to retain him. Scholes signed the autograph and went to the Carrington training base and Old Trafford Stadium for a parade, hoping that Scholes would stay and play for another year and wait for Gao Xiaodong to fully mature.

Of course, fans can't change Scholes's mind. Scholes communicated with Ferguson before announcing his retirement.

Although Scholes can still play for another year in his current state, Manchester United is now strong, especially in the midfield. Players like Anderson and Pogba need time to grow, so Ferguson agreed with Scholes. Charles retired.

However, Scholes will not leave Manchester. His farewell game will be held at Old Trafford in August, and he will become a member of Manchester United's coaching staff in the future.

Neville left the glorious season that just passed, and now Scholes has also left. The golden generation of Manchester United now only has the lonely Giggs left. An era is over.

Regarding the retirement of Scholes, Sir Alex said with emotion, "Apart from what I have said before, what else can I say about Scholes? We are about to miss a truly incredible player. Paul has always expressed great gratitude to the club. 100% committed. I'm delighted he will be joining our coaching staff next season, Paul has always encouraged teammates of all ages and we know he will continue to make an impact in his new position."

Manchester United team-mate Rio Ferdinand called Scholes "the best player of his era".

Ferdenand wrote on Weibo, "I loved every minute of playing football with Paul. I will miss training with him, and his mean words and words beside me when I was warming up on the bike. Dull comment.”

Only Giggs was left in Class 92. Regarding Scholes’ retirement, Wang Laoji said regretfully, “I am the only one left who was an old friend from back then. I still don’t know when I will leave. Maybe next time.” This season, maybe if I feel like I can’t play anymore, I will choose to leave directly. Paul is a great player, and he is innately connected with football. Paul’s feet are not as capable of playing the magic of the violin as Latin players, but his ability is It was devastating. Paul often did some crazy things on the training ground. He would point to a tree 40 yards away and say to me calmly, 'See that tree? I'm going to kick him.' It was nothing. During the run-up, Scholes kicked the ball and hit it."

Another old guy is missing. For the new generation like Rooney and Gao Xiaodong, it is something that makes them happy and sad. Scholes’ experience is helpful to them and the team, but Scholes left After that, these new generations will definitely be more free, and this Manchester United will be more like their Manchester United.

Regarding Scholes' retirement, Rooney also told a story in his comments on Twitter. He said: Scholes once kicked the ball into a bucket from 60 yards away. I asked him how he did it. But you also know that you won't get any answers from him. But I understand that in addition to being a genius, Paul is also a very hardworking person. "

Gao Xiaodong's comments are different from others, because some media believe that Scholes' retirement was forced by Gao Xiaodong. This season, Scholes' playing time has become less and less, and the core position has gradually been given to Gao Xiaodong. This made Scholes frustrated and decided to retire.

Gao Xiaodong said on Twitter: "It's a pity that Scholes has retired. He is the best player in England. He interpreted a simple football style without any flashy feints but deadly and effective. His I A great mentor and friend, his retirement is an irreparable loss to Manchester United."

Scholes' announcement of retirement attracted the attention of football media all over the world. However, after all, Scholes is a low-key and reserved person, and his influence among fans is not that good. Three days later, Scholes The popularity of retirement gradually subsided, and then the media focused its attention on Gao Xiaodong, the number one player in world football.

During the season, Gao Xiaodong's news is about goals, and goals are constantly coming. During the offseason, Gao Xiaodong's news is about transfers. This is also the rule. As long as the season is over, regardless of whether Gao Xiaodong has renewed his contract, about Gao Xiaodong There are always rumors about transfers.

Of course, the media does not hype Ronaldo and Messi, only Gao Xiaodong. This is also because Gao Xiaodong transfers too frequently and only stayed in Porto for one year. If Porto is too small to accommodate the greats, then Gao Xiaodong will leave. Inter Milan was absolutely unexpected, so just after Inter Milan won the Triple Crown, Gao Xiaodong chose to move to Manchester United, becoming the top player in the transfer market last season and the second most valuable player in world football after Ronaldo. .

Now that Gao Xiaodong has won the Triple Crown again at Manchester United and is the top scorer in the league and Champions League, will Gao Xiaodong, who has no more "pursuits", choose to leave Manchester United?

Obviously the media, fans and betting companies all think it is possible. Even the three major European betting companies have offered odds on whether Gao Xiaodong will transfer or not. The odds of Gao Xiaodong staying at Manchester United are 1.4 to 1, and the odds of a transfer are 1.4 to 1. The odds are as high as 2.75 to 1. This odds means that the possibility of Gao Xiaodong's transfer is very high.